Director, Program Management Office (PMO)

Director, Program Management Office (PMO)Tucson, AZProgram Management – Program Management /Full-Time /On-siteapply for this job$170,000 - $190,000 a yearDirector, Program Management Office (PMO) Tucson, AZ Company Overview Ondas is building a new kind of intelligence company, one designed for a world where speed, autonomy, and decision advantage matter more than ever. By combining multi-domain platforms, advanced sensing, secure networks, and AI-enabled analytics, Ondas helps defense, government, and critical infrastructure customers transform complex mission data into decision-ready insights when and where they matter most. Ondas Sentinel is Ondas’ U.S.based defense division, purpose-built to deliver U.S.made, U.S. delivered capabilities for the Department of Defense and allied ministries of defense. The division brings together advanced autonomous systems, mission technologies, and intelligence solutions that help customers create persistent awareness, operate with confidence, and make faster decisions in complex and contested environments. The Stratospheric ISR business unit within Ondas Sentinel is focused on one of the most unique mission areas in aerospace and defense: manufacturing and operating high-altitude stratospheric balloon systems. Few companies in the world can do this work at operational scale. That means our teams are not simply maintaining existing systems; they are building new capabilities, solving first-of-their-kind challenges, and helping define what persistent stratospheric intelligence can become. Job Description The Director, Program Management Office (PMO) leads the program management function for Ondas Sentinel’s Stratospheric ISR business unit. Reporting to the VP Programs, this role is responsible for establishing the standards, operating rhythms, tools, and governance needed to execute programs with clarity, discipline, and predictability. The Director, PMO partners across Programs, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality & Safety, Finance, Contracts, Business Development, Mission Operations, and executive leadership to ensure program commitments are translated into integrated plans and delivered against cost, schedule, technical, quality, and customer expectations. The ideal candidate is an experienced program management leader with a strong background in aerospace, defense, advanced technology, government contracting, or another complex technical environment. Success in this role requires strong execution discipline, comfort operating across integrated product teams, excellent customer and executive communication skills, and the ability to build a scalable PMO that strengthens accountability, visibility, risk management, and decision-making across a growing program portfolio. This role is based on-site in Tucson, Arizona and requires regular engagement with program, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, finance, contracts, business development, and flight operations teams. Travel may be required to support customers, suppliers, other company locations, program reviews, proposal activities, and operational readiness events.    Key Responsibilities Lead and mature the Program Management Office for the Stratospheric ISR business unit, establishing clear standards for program planning, execution, governance, reporting, and accountability. Develop and maintain program management frameworks, tools, templates, operating rhythms, dashboards, and review cadences that improve visibility into cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, dependencies, and customer commitments. Oversee the health and execution of the program portfolio, ensuring programs have integrated master schedules, resource plans, risk registers, action tracking, decision logs, change control, and recovery plans where needed. Partner closely with program managers, integrated product teams, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality & Safety, Finance, Contracts, Business Development, and Mission...